The American International Relations Club is proud to present the 2014 International Banquet. This year’s theme is Global Cruise. Come cruise around the world with music, dance and food. Tickets are on sale on the second floor of the International Center.

2.) Update: Web of Science, including Science Citation Index, has new interface

Database coverage for Web of Science is the same, and it is still connected to the library’s journal collections, but the grey “Find it @UofL button” now appears if you click the “full text” link below the citation.

VisualDx is an image-based diagnostic tool that has an average of more than 20 images per diagnosis to illustrate the different presentations of a disease. Available online, via mobile app, or through UptoDate, it provides concise clinical information written for the point-of-care for more than 1,300 diagnoses.

Additional Information: 852-5771.

Talks

4.) Behavior and Ecology of Ants in the Tropical Rainforest Canopy

Noon Feb. 6, University Club

$14, faculty and staff; $7, students

Steve Yanoviak, PhD, professor of biology and Wallace Chair of Conservation, will discuss ants at this month’s College of Arts and Sciences “Meet the Professor” lecture. In tropical rainforests, ants face some unique biological and environmental challenges. In his talk Yanoviak will highlight some amazing aspects of ant behavior, ecology and evolution that have been discovered in recent years. Reservations are required.

Jia Yue, PhD, Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, will speak on the topic “Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere via the convectively generated gravity waves --- From severe weather to space weather.” Yue also will include an interesting NASA satellite image of gravity waves over a tropical cyclone during his talk.

Ethnomusicology is the study of music in its cultural context. Ethnomusicologists approach music as a social process in order to understand not only what music is, but why it is; what music means to its practitioners and audiences; and how those meanings are conveyed. Nathan Salsburg is a guitarist, producer, archivist and Grammy-nominated writer in Louisville. As curator of the Alan Lomax Archive, he compiles releases of the American folklorist’s recordings and manages the Archive’s catalogs.

Open to UofL faculty, students and staff; RSVP for a healthy boxed lunch for $5.50, or register for a “Listen only” ticket and bring your own lunch

University of Louisville Physicians’ Sara Petruska, MD, will present this Lunch and Learn session,“Women: Live a healthy life. Health issues women should focus on throughout all stages of life.” Please RSVP here for lunch by Wednesday, Feb. 12.

The Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to have Mary Ellen Buning, PhD, present “Assistive Technology: Using AT to Compensate for Neurological Impairment” Feb. 6 at 8 a.m. Buning is director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center and an assistant professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery. Continuing education credit is available, and continental breakfast will be served.

Starting tomorrow, Neuroscience Grand Rounds will be broadcast live on the web each week. In order to watch, go to louisville.edu/medschool/neurosurgery/grslive.html a few minutes before the 8 a.m. broadcast starts and click on the link at the top of the page. After the lecture has ended, a recording will be available by clicking on the same link.